The exact launch date is unknown, but customers will be able to pre-order the game from November 5.

Previous reports have linked it to a March 1, 2013 launch, although more information will be revealed next month.

Taking place in a re-imagined, present-day Southern California, the game is described as "the largest and most thriving game-world we have ever created set in the sprawling city of Los Santos and for miles beyond – from the tops of the mountains to the depths of the ocean".